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Brooklyn Dodgers @ New York Yankees

1941-10-01 · 1941 World Series · Game 1 of 5 Game 2 ▶ · Day game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 68540 · sunny, dry · 2:08

New York Yankees defeated Brooklyn Dodgers 3–2. Red Ruffing earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6
NYA	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0		3	6

W: Red Ruffing L: Curt Davis SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Babe Pinelli · 2B: Bill Grieve · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dixie Walker	3	0	0	0	1	0
Billy Herman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Pete Reiser	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dolph Camilli	4	0	0	0	0	3
Joe Medwick	4	0	1	0	0	1
Cookie Lavagetto	4	1	0	0	0	0
Pee Wee Reese	4	1	3	0	0	0
Mickey Owen	2	0	1	1	0	0
Curt Davis	2	0	0	0	0	0
Lew Riggs	1	0	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Wasdell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Herman Franks	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Sturm	3	0	1	0	0	0
Red Rolfe	3	0	1	0	1	1
Tommy Henrich	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Keller	2	2	0	0	2	0
Bill Dickey	4	0	2	1	0	0
Joe Gordon	2	1	2	2	2	0
Phil Rizzuto	4	0	0	0	0	0
Red Ruffing	3	0	0	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Davis	5.1	6	3	1
Hugh Casey	0.2	0	0	0
Johnny Allen	2.0	0	2	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Red Ruffing	9.0	6	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dixie Walker: W
Billy Herman: 53/G5S.1-2
Pete Reiser: 8/F8D
Dolph Camilli: K

Bot 1

Johnny Sturm: S7/L5D
Red Rolfe: 36(1)/FO/G3L
Tommy Henrich: 46(1)/FO/R3
Joe DiMaggio: 7/F7L

Top 2

Joe Medwick: K
Cookie Lavagetto: 63/G6M
Pee Wee Reese: 7/F7

Bot 2

Charlie Keller: 8/F89
Bill Dickey: 43/G4
Joe Gordon: HR/F7D
Phil Rizzuto: 7/F7D

Top 3

Mickey Owen: 7/F7
Curt Davis: 7/F7
Dixie Walker: 7/F7L

Bot 3

Red Ruffing: 63/G6
Johnny Sturm: 31/G3
Red Rolfe: K

Top 4

Billy Herman: 63/G6
Pete Reiser: K
Dolph Camilli: K

Bot 4

Tommy Henrich: 6/P6D
Joe DiMaggio: 7/F7DW
Charlie Keller: W
Bill Dickey: D8/F89XDW.1-H
Joe Gordon: IW
Phil Rizzuto: 43/G4

Top 5

Joe Medwick: 8/F78D
Cookie Lavagetto: 8/F8S
Pee Wee Reese: S8/L89S
Mickey Owen: T8/L78/R65.1-H
Curt Davis: 63/G6

Bot 5

Red Ruffing: 8/F8D
Johnny Sturm: 43/G4
Red Rolfe: S8/G4M
Tommy Henrich: 9/F9D

Top 6

Dixie Walker: 8/L89D
Billy Herman: W
Pete Reiser: W.1-2
Dolph Camilli: K
Joe Medwick: 5(2)/FO

Bot 6

Joe DiMaggio: 63/G56
Charlie Keller: W
Bill Dickey: S8/L.1-3
Joe Gordon: S8/L.3-H;1-2
Phil Rizzuto: 8/F78
Red Ruffing: 9/F9S

Top 7

Cookie Lavagetto: E6/TH1.B-1
Pee Wee Reese: S8/G46.1-2
Lew Riggs: S8/L/THH/R2.2-H(UR);1-2
Jimmy Wasdell: 5/P25F/FL/DP.2X3(56)
Dixie Walker: 43/G4

Bot 7

Johnny Sturm: HP
Red Rolfe: CS2(26)
Red Rolfe: W
Tommy Henrich: 7/F7
Joe DiMaggio: 8/F8XD

Top 8

Billy Herman: 63/G56
Pete Reiser: 6/L
Dolph Camilli: 8/F8XD

Bot 8

Charlie Keller: 43
Bill Dickey: 9/F9DW
Joe Gordon: W
Phil Rizzuto: 43

Top 9

Joe Medwick: S1/G25
Cookie Lavagetto: 2/P2F/FL
Pee Wee Reese: S7/L78S.1-2
Herman Franks: 46(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Temperature: warm
High into lower LF stands
Medwick robbed DiMaggio of home run with a leaping 1-handed catch at the 370-foot mark
Off the 407-foot sign
Rolfe: running catch; Rizzuto covered 3B
Hit on the right hip

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